Type-case.



No. 688,9". Patented Dec. l7, I9Dl. W. A. WATSON.

- TYPE CASE.

(Application filed Dec. 27, 1900.)

(No Model.)

NlTED STATES A'TlENT \VILLIAM ARTHUR WATSON, OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS,ASSIGNOR, BY

MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO MODEL MENU MAKER COMPANY, OF PORT- LAND, MAINE, ACORPORATION OF MAINE.

TYPE CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,911, dated December17, 1901.

Application filed December 27, 1900. Serial No. 41,195. (No moclclfl TctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ARTHUR WAT- SON, of Medford Hillside,Medford, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massach usetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Cases, of which thefollowing is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enablethose skilled in the art to which it appertains or with which it is mostnearly connected to make and use the same.

This invention has relation more particularly to cases or racks forholding the slugs or type used in making up a form for printing menus011 a press organized, for example, as that shown in Patent No. 623,930,granted April 25, 1899; and, generally stated, the object is to providemeans by which linotypeslugs for printing as aforesaid may beconveniently filed away or held so that each slug shall always occupythe same position in the rack and when taken from the rack shall haveits absence indicated on the latter by the display of a label, so thatwhen it is desired to return any particular slug to the rack the labelwill indicate where it is to go.

The object of the invention, more specifically stated, is to provide forthe display of a great number of labels on the sides of lino- 0type-slugs simultaneously while occupying places in a holder, case, orrack, with the latter resting horizontally and itself labeled, so thatwherever any of the slugs are out corresponding case or rack labels aredisplayed.

5 This object is accomplished by arranging a series of strips crosswiseof a shallow rectangular box or frame and inclined with respect to thebase of the latter, as hereinafter specifically described.

Reference is to be had to the annexed draw ings and to the lettersmarked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the same lettersdesignating the same parts or features, as the case may be, whereverthey occur.

Of the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of type-caseconstructed in accordance with my invention, a few slugs being shown inplace. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View thereof; and Fig. 3 is aface view of one of the supporting-strips for the slugs, together withone of the slugs.

In practice the case will ordinarily be much larger and contain manymore slugs than are shown in Fig. 1, which simply illustrates the natureand design of the improvement without going into a full and completedelineation of the commercial article.

In the drawings the reference-letter Ct designates the rectangular boxor frame of the case, and b the strips, which are inclined, as shown,and extend from side to side of said frame far enough apart to admitslugs 0 there between. These inclined strips are preferably of sheetmetal and formed with lower portions 19', bent at right angles, formingflanges or ledges for the slugs to rest upon, and the strips in practiceare less than type high, so that when the slugs c are in positionbetween the strips they will extend slightly thereabove, the stripsstanding at an angle of about sixty degrees to the bottom of the case.Portions d, in the form of rectangular tangs punched out of the stripsand standing at right angles thereto, partition the spaces between thestrips into compartments for the slugs and, together with the flangesI), keep the strips properly spaced apart. The strips are secured inposition in the casing a in any suitable manner and bear labels 6 on thefront sides at or near the upper edges, so that when the slugs are outof the case these labels will present themselves to view, as is shown inFig. 1. Each slug 0 will bear on one side a label f, corresponding to acertain label 6 in the case where the said slug belongs.

In operation it may be assumed that the case a is filled with slugs of avariety to suit various requirements. The compositor or op erator willthen take out the slugs from the case, being directed by thelabelsfthereon, until he shall have made up his form. Whenever a slug istaken out of the case, a label corresponding with that it bears willappear upon the strip 12 behind it, so that after the form is used andit is desired to redistribute the slugs in their places in the case thelabels f on the slugs and the labels e on the strips will afford thenecessary guidance.

It will be seen that the inclination of the strips provides forlabel-bearing portions thereof to be clearly displayed While the'caseoccupies a horizontal position and also for a similar display of labelson the sides of the slugs, which are provided sccure lodgment betweenthe inclined walls of the compartments formed between the strips.

I do not confine myinvention to means for holding type-slugs andfacilitating the making up of forms for menu-printing presses, inasmuchas the invention may be availed of for other purposes, such as filingaway envelops, cards, eyeglasslenses, Watchcrystals, and the like.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described a way ofconstructing and using the same, though without attempting to set forthall of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use,it is declared that what is claimed is 1. Acase or rack of the characterdescribed, the same comprisinga box or frame having a horizontal baseand a series of strips extending from side to side thereof and inclinedwith respect to the horizontal base of the same, said strips beingspaced apart to form the same comprising a box or frame having ahorizontal base and a series of strips extending from side to sidethereof and inclined with respect to the horizontal base of the same,said strips having right-angle portions forming ledges along their loweredges, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A case or rack of the character described, the same comprising a boxor frame and a series of strips extending from side to side thereof andinclined with respect to the base of the same, said strips havingspacing portions or tangs struck up from their bodies and standing atright angles thereto, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 3d day of January, A. D.1900.

WILLIAM ARTHUR WATSON. Witnesses:

GEORGE W. Ross, ROY K. HILL.

